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Facebook Delivering on Mobile
If there is one company that has figured out the mantra to mobile engagement and monetization, that is Facebook (Nasdaq: FB). The company recently reported impressive fourth quarter results that not only silenced all skeptics, but also helped drive their stock to a record high. After their initial IPO debacle, the company has surely figured
There Is No Stopping Google
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), for the first half of the previous year, internet advertising sales grew 18% over the year to $20.1 billion. Mobile advertising continues to report strong growth with revenues from the segment growing 145% to $3 billion. Digital video advertising grew 24% to $1.3 billion in the first half
Yahoo Should Acquire Airpush
Yahoo’s Merissa Mayer may have failed to deliver strong results for Yahoo, but she managed to drive improved user metrics at least on desktop visits. A recent comScore report on desktop web properties revealed that within the U.S., Yahoo received 195.16 million unique desktop visitors in December. Surprisingly, Yahoo outranked Google which came in second with
AppDynamics On The IPO Pipeline
According to a Gartner report, the application performance monitoring (APM) market was estimated to grow 5.4% from $2.01 billion in 2012 to $2.12 billion by the end of 2013. Another research conducted by TRAC on over 600 IT and business professionals revealed that 71% of the organizations surveyed were using multiple solutions to address issues
Netflix Looking at International to Drive Growth, Margins Face Risk
According to Juniper Research, the market from streaming and downloading services in the country was expected to be more than $4.5 billion last year. Giants like Netflix and Amazon are looking to grow their presence in Europe and Latin American markets. Recently, Wal-mart’s video streaming service, Vudu also expanded their operations in Mexico while continuing
Apple’s Growth will Come from China
According to a report from Gartner, Android-based smartphones and tablets will account for 1.1 billion devices worldwide in 2014, recording a growth of 26% over the year. Total shipments of PCs, tablets, smartphones, and mobile phones will grow 7.6% this year to 2.5 billion units. Gartner also estimates that by 2017, emerging markets will account for
Microsoft Counting on Azure and Surface
According to the latest Gartner report, Worldwide PC shipments for the fourth quarter of the previous year fell 6.9% to 82.6 million units, making it the seventh consecutive quarter of shipment decline. Despite the holiday season quarter, the researcher found that while sales of technology products in the U.S. and EMEA markets grew, the spending
Where Will eBay’s Growth Come From?
A recent Forrester report on US online retail sales projected online holiday sales to grow 15% over the year to $78 billion spurred by the availability of features like free shipping, deals and discounts. That may still be a conservative estimate when one compares National Retail Federation’s projections of online holiday sales to grow to